Wordle

Today's Tech Tuesday was about a fun online tool called Wordle.  This tool is easy for anyone, including students, to use and has SO MANY possibilities.

To use Wordle, head to their website and click on "Create."

You can enter in whatever text you'd like.  The more times you enter a word, the larger it will appear in your Wordle.

For example, here is a Wordle I created just putting in colors.  I put in pink 5 times, blue 3 times, red 2 times, and green, yellow, orange and purple each once.   I just typed in the word with a space in between.




If you'd like your Wordle to contain phrases, like this Wordle my class did on the word SAFE, put a ~ sign between each word in the phrase (not a space) and it will keep that phrase together.



After you've input your text into the create box, click"Go."  Then, it will pop up in a random font/color scheme.  If you don't like that scheme, click "Randomize" and it will give you a different scheme.  You can randomize until you find one you like.

We had a great discussion about the many uses for Wordle in the classroom at our Tech Tuesday gathering.  Here is a sildeshow that tells 38 Interesting Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom.  I'm sure you can think of many more ways to use it!

Also, just a side note when using Wordle, the public gallery on the website is not "student friendly."  You may find some inappropriate material if you look for it, so I have the link on my blog that students use go directly to the create page by using www.wordle.net/create